Johns Hopkins' School of Medicine Modern Board Game Society
See details about our members and current Leadership. See above on how to join us on the listserv & Slack.
Our current decentralized library. Use our Slack to contact members with requests and to add your own games!
We extend thanks to the JHUSOM GSA and JHU Alumni Association for providing us finding for our events.
We do not just play board games once a week. We are also about building a community between students, fellows, and staff in order to promote a balanced lifestyle between life and work. Feel free to join us for any of the numerous other events we host throughout the year!
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Tuesday, 6-8pm @ The Daily Grind MRB
*Meetings will take place on Monday during the first week of the month to allow inclusion of people who cannot normally make it on Tuesday.
**Meeting times and dates subject to change. Please see the Slack in the event of a meeting change.
In the event of a disagreement between the calendar shown and the Slack, the Slack will take precedence.
Games available for loan are colored in red. (Updated: 18 August 2019)
| 10 days in Africa | Elder Sign | Quest for El Dorado | ||
| 1846: The Race for the Midwest | Escape: Curse of the Temple | Race for the Galaxy | ||
| 5 Minute Dungeon | Exploding Kittens | Railroad Ink: Deep Blue Edition | ||
| 6 nimmt! | Feudal | Rajas of the Ganges | ||
| 7 Wonders | Firefly | Resistance | ||
| 7 Wonders Duel | Five Tribes | Risk | ||
| A Feast for Odin | Fluxx | Roll for the Galaxy | ||
| Abalone | Fluxx: Oz Fluxx | Root | ||
| Above and Below | Fluxx: Pirate Fluxx | Rummikub | ||
| Advanced Squad Leader | Food Chain Magnate | Saboteur | ||
| Agricola | For Sale | Sagrada | ||
| Alhambra | Forbidden Desert | Santorini | ||
| Antiquity | Forbidden Island | Scattegories | ||
| Appleletters | Forbidden Sky | Scrabble | ||
| Arboretum | Fugitive | Scythe | ||
| Arkham Horror: The Card Game | Fuse | Scythe + 3 expansions | ||
| Arkwright | Galaxy Trucker | Secret Hitler | ||
| Artifacts Inc. | Game of Thrones | Sequence | ||
| Avalon | Gipf | Set | ||
| Azul | Glass Road | Settlers of Catan | ||
| Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra | Gloom | Settlers of Catan | ||
| Balderdash | Gloomhaven | Settlers of Catan (Star Trek) | ||
| Bananagrams | Go Fish or Cut Bait | Settlers of Catan: Cities & Knights | ||
| Bang | Gold West | Settlers of Catan: Oil Springs | ||
| Bang: the Bullet | Grand Austria Hotel | Settlers of Catan: Seafarers | ||
| Battleship | Guadalcanal | Sheriff of Nottingham | ||
| Beneath Nexus | Guillotine | Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective | ||
| Betrayal at House on a Hill | Hail Hydra | Skull | ||
| Between Two Cities | Hanabi | Smallworld | ||
| Blackbeard | Hare and Tortoise | Smash Up | ||
| Blitzkrieg | Hive | Sorry | ||
| Blokus | Imhotep | Space Base | ||
| Bohnanza | Imploding Kittens | Spirit Island | ||
| Boss Monster | Indonesia | Splendor | ||
| Brass: Birmingham | Inis | Spyfall | ||
| Broomservice | Isle of Skye | Star Realms | ||
| Captain Sonar | Islebound | Stone Age | ||
| Carcassone | Istanbul | Submarine | ||
| Carcassone: Hunters & Gatherers | Jaipur | Suburbia | ||
| Carcassonne (2017 Big Box) | John Company | Sun, Sea, & Sand | ||
| Carcassonne: The City | Just One | Survive: Escape from Atlantis! | ||
| Cards Against Humanity | King of Tokyo | Sushi Go: Party | ||
| Castles of Burgundy | Kingdom Builder | T.I.M.E Stories | ||
| Caverna | Kingdomino | Teotihuacan | ||
| Chess | Kittens in a Blender | Terra Mystica | ||
| Chicago Express | Kodama: The Tree Spirits | Terraforming Mars | ||
| Chicken Caesar | Labyrinth | The Climbers | ||
| Citadels | Last night on earth | The Contender | ||
| City of Iron | Lemming Mafia | The Estates | ||
| Clank! In! Space! | Lisboa | The Grizzled | ||
| Cockroach Poker | Lords of Waterdeep | The Mind | ||
| Codenames | Lost Cities | The Voyages of Marco Polo | ||
| Codenames Pictures | Love Letter | The Wizard Always Wins | ||
| Colt Express | Love Letter: Premium Edition | Three Kingdoms Redux | ||
| Concordia | Magic Realm | Tichu | ||
| Connect Four | Magic the Gathering | Ticket to Ride | ||
| Coup | Maria | Ticket to Ride: Europe | ||
| Cranium | Monopoly Deal | Tokaido | ||
| Cranium Dark | Mottainai | Trajan | ||
| Cry Havoc (1981) | Munchkin | Trick of the Rails | ||
| Cthulhu Fluxx | Munchkin: Deluxe | Twilight Imperium IV | ||
| Dark Souls The Board Game | Mysterium | Twilight Struggle | ||
| Decrypto | Oceanopoly | Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | ||
| Dixit | One Deck Dungeon | Village | ||
| Dixit: Daydreams | One Night Ultimate Werewolf | Villainous | ||
| Dixit: Journey | Orleans | Vinhos Deluxe Edition | ||
| Dominant Species | Pandemic | Viticulture | ||
| Dominion | Pandemic + On the Brink Expansion | Viticulture: Tuscany | ||
| Dominion: Adventures | Pandemic Legacy Season 1 | War of the Ring (2nd Ed) | ||
| Dominion: Alchemy | Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu | Watson and Holmes | ||
| Dominion: Cornucopia/Guilds | Panic! (Star Trek) | Welcome To... | ||
| Dominion: Dark Ages | Parade | What Do You Meme? | ||
| Dominion: Empires | Phase10 | Wildcatters | ||
| Dominion: Intrigue | Photosynthesis | Wingspan | ||
| Dominion: Prosperity | Piepmatz | Wits and Wagers | ||
| Dominion: Seaside | Poker Set | Wizards Quest | ||
| Dutch Blitz | Powergrid | World's Fair 1893 | ||
To become a member of JHU MBGS, you must be a student, resident, fellow, staff, or faculty member associated with the Johns Hopkins University or the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and have permission to be within the Miller Research Building. Otherwise, you must be under the regular supervision of someone, or someones, whom meet(s) these requirements and will be present during attendance.
Membership is not required in order to participate in any events hosted by the Johns Hopkins University SOM Modern Board Game Society. If you meet the requirements above and would like to regularly be informed of events held by the JHUSOM MBGS, please subscribe to our listserv by visiting the following link <https://lists.johnshopkins.edu/sympa/ > and search for mbgs after logging in via the "login" button at the top right hand corner of the page. Please note you must be logged in via your jhmi in order to subscribe to the list. You can also be added to the list by visiting any of our events or contacting us directly be email. Upon request, you can also be added to our Slack so you may play an active role in the discussion regarding our members and events.
March 2020 until TBA
September 8, 2019
WashingCon is a board game convention that will be held in D.C that members of the MBGS are planning to go to as a group. We will be attending the event on Sunday, September 8.
Tickets are available at <https://www.washingcon.com/badges>. A sunday only ticket will cost 37.50 payable by online market payment. Onsite registration may be available and price may differ.
If you would like to carpool to with someone from the group and would like to set that up, please message the group in the Slack. A channel will be created for the event. A link for setting up carpools will be provided on the page.
We will go to lunch together during the event, and possibly dinner after the event concludes. These are completely optional. We ask that if you plan to go to these events and will be part of a group carpool that you make sure everyone is in agreement beforehand, or that you make alternative arrangements for the return trip.
Please complete the form at the top of the submission page and submit using this reimbursement page in order to begin a reimbursement request. A itemized receipt with proof of payment is required in order for the reimbursement to be processed. Reimbursements can take up to two weeks to be processed and for funds to be sent out. All reimbursements must be filed within 90 days of the event in order to be paid in full. All reimbursements post-90 days will be subject to any applicable taxes and coded as income.
We welcome all students, postdocs, and faculty to join us for our weekly events.
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